K 07209 (P397107)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 07209 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397107 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| 8' | If in ebtu (Month X), there will be frost |
| 1' | If in Sivan (III) a snake either in front of a man or behind a man: fall of death. |
| 5' | If in Tartu (Month VII) there is a niziqtu-disease |
| 6' | If in Arasamna (VIII) there is a dark spot |
| 4' | If in Ululu (Month VI): death. |
| 13' | If a man sees a snake and kills him and... |
| 9' | If in abau (Month XI) in the middle of the night a man is seen with a snake: he will see people, their sons, (and) their possessions. |
| 22' | If........................ |
| 26' | ... he will cross over |
| 16' | ... will live and die. You recite the incantation... and the inscriptions. |
| 14' | (this is) the well of the house of Marduk. |
| 25' | ... may... live. |
| 18' | ... who gives advice, his command is supreme. |
| 23' | .... of the great god. |
| 7' | If in Kislimu (Month IX) there is a niziqtu-disease |
| 11' | If a man sees a snake and he is ill: she is a lion... |
| 2' | If in Duuzu (Month IV): death. |
| 10' | If in Addaru (XII) a man is seen with a snake: she is a lion. |
| 17' | If a snake enters a hole: either a libation vessel or a libation vessel will not acquire an opponent. |
| 24' | ... a god to a man |
| 20' | ... ditto: his property will be brought out. : He will strew him, ditto: food will be consumed. |
| 12' | ...... is good |
| 21' | If a snake... a snake in the middle of a pigeon: his beer will not acquire that man. |
| 19' | If a snake comes out on the day of disappearance of the moon: a man will die. |
| 15' | You set up tamarisk, innuu-plant, matakal-plant, ulu-juniper, juniper, (and) juniper in it. |
| 3' | If in Abu (Month V) a cloudburst |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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